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• An Inside Look at LACMA’s Star-Studded Art + Film Gala 2023

  06-11-2023 23:08 via artnews.com
  
  Although the art world has no shortage of extremely fancy galas, there’s only one, as far as we know, that’s co-chaired by Leonardo DiCaprio and Eva Chow. That event is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s annual star-studded Art + Film gala, a dinner party where cultural luminaries like Jane Fonda, Paris Hilton, and Larry Gagosian gather to break bread and raise money for the museum, which came to a total of $5 million this year. 
  Major attendees included honorees Judy
  
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• UK Museum Leaders Pledge Action Against Climate Change at Inaugural Summit

  06-11-2023 21:39 via artnews.com
  
  Leaders from nearly 70 UK museums, foundations and funding agencies met last week at the inaugural UK Museum COP meeting at Tate Modern, a summit organized by The National Museum Directors’ Council that convened representatives of British cultural institutions to discuss how their institutions can address issues related to climate change.The meeting was meant to formalize actions by museums to address the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss, including pledges to reduce carbon e
  
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• Ukraine’s Odesa National Art Museum Damaged in Russian Airstrike

  06-11-2023 21:09 via artnews.com
  
  A Russian airstrike on the strategic Black Sea port of Odesa wounded at least eight people on Sunday night and damaged one of the city’s major art institutions, Odesa officials reported.According to a statement from Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, a missile launched by Russia caused significant damage to the Odesa Fine Arts Museum, one of the most important Tsarist-era palaces in Odesa’s historic city center. “On November 6, the Odesa National Art Museum turns 124 years
  
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• New Ruins Found at Ancient Port City Near Morocco’s Capital

  06-11-2023 19:02 via artnews.com
  
  Ancient ruins believed to be a port city near present-day Rabat have been identified by archaeologists who discovered thermal baths and working-class neighborhoods, the Associated Press reported on Friday.Researchers from the National Institute of Archaeological Sciences and Heritage of Morocco presented these finds from Chellah, a 1.2-square-mile UNESCO world heritage site, on Friday. Nearly five times larger than Italy’s Pompeii, the country hopes to bring tourists and scholars to the si
  
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• Hungary Removes National Museum Director Over Display of LGBTQ+ Imagery at World Press Photo Exhibition

  06-11-2023 17:43 via artnews.com
  
  Hungary’s cultural minister dismissed the director of the country’s National Museum in Budapest after just a two-year stint over the public display of LGBTQ+ imagery, the Associated Press reported Monday.In a statement, Hungary’s culture ministry accused Laszlo L. Simon, who became director of the museum in 2021 and was appointed for a for a five-year term, of non-compliance with national law that bans the display of LGBTQ+ content to people under the age of 18,according to the
  
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• 26 Famed Artworks That Have Been Vandalized

  06-11-2023 17:28 via artnews.com
  
  What makes a person want to vandalize a cherished artwork? The factors often vary greatly.Politics often play a role, as has been the case with the many recent protests led at museums by climate activists around the world. Personal interests often can become paramount as well, as they have with a variety of young provocateurs who have targeted others’ artworks, sometimes even as part of their own art practices.In each case, however, the base motive remains the same: to raise a ruckus by di
  
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• Following a High-Level Exodus, Executive Director of the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg Will Step Down Next Year

  06-11-2023 17:22 via artnews.com
  
  Anne-Marie Russell, the executive director and chief executive of the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg will step down from her post on March 1, 2024 after a tumultuous year that saw high-level staff resign, move to other institutions, or get fired in a haze of controversy, the Tampa Bay Times reported Sunday.The museum described Russell’s resignation as a “leadership transition” on their website and noted that the decision to find a replacement for her position, a sea
  
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• Just Stop Oil Activists Attack Velázquez Venus Painting at London’s National Gallery With Hammers

  06-11-2023 15:54 via artnews.com
  
  Two activists were arrested Monday at London’s National Gallery after attacking The Toilet of Venus by Diego Velázquez “with what appeared to be emergency rescue hammers,” the British institution said in a post on X. The incident occurred just before 11 a.m. local time. The painting has been removed from display so it can be inspected by the museum’s conservators.A video posted by the activist group Just Stop Oil on X shows two people weari
  
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• Top 200 Collector Emily Wei Rales Charts the Future of Glenstone, the Idyllically Set Maryland Museum She Cofounded

  06-11-2023 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  Emily Wei Rales is director and cofounder of Glenstone, a museum in Potomac, Maryland, that integrates contemporary art, architecture, and nature. Trained in art history and Chinese studies at Wellesley College, she worked at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on the exhibition “China: 5,000 Years” and at New York City art galleries, including Barbara Gladstone, prior to joining her husband, Mitchell P. Rales, in cofounding Glenstone Foundation and Glenstone Museum.When Mitch and I set
  
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